General ProvisionsShippers and Transporters

Section § 42911

Explanation

This law says that if you're a shipping company or transport service, you can refuse to ship fruits, nuts, or vegetables if you find out they're being sent in violation of certain regulations. If you find these products don't meet the rules, you can give them back to the sender or hold on to them, and the sender has to cover any costs and risks associated with that.

Any person, forwarding company, or common carrier may decline to ship or transport any fruits, nuts, or vegetables if it is notified by any enforcing officer of this division, that such products are found to be delivered for shipment in violation of this division.
Any such person, forwarding company, or common carrier may reserve the right, in any receipt, bill of lading, or other writing which is given to the consignor, to reject for shipment and to return to the consignor or hold at the expense and risk of the consignor all fruits, nuts, or vegetables, which upon inspection are found to be delivered for shipment in violation of this division.
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Section § 42912

Explanation

This law says that if a transportation company is handling fruits, nuts, or vegetables and is regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, it isn’t breaking any rules just by carrying those products. However, the company breaks the law if it deliberately ignores a written request from an enforcing officer to stop transporting those goods because they're being shipped in violation of regulations.

A carrier which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission that transports any fruits, nuts, or vegetables in the ordinary course of its business as a carrier shall not be deemed to be in violation of any provision of this division, unless such carrier shall willfully fail or refuse to stop the transportation of any fruits, nuts, or vegetables with reasonable dispatch after being notified in writing by any enforcing officer of this division that such products are found to be delivered for shipment in violation of this division.
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